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Global Warming Hates a White Christmas
This winter has been unusually warm, crippling ski resorts, ruining holiday traditions, and dashing hopes of a white Christmas across the northern hemisphere. While the billions of tons of …
The Unending Legacy of Torture
One of the most troubling legacies of 9/11 is the United States' decision to resort to torture to fight terrorism. Torture has tarnished the United States' reputation and undermined …
Leon Panetta: Military Cuts Mean “Doomsday” for America
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants you to be scared. In a letter to Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Panetta warned that after possible cuts in the …
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A Death of One’s Own
Princeton - Dudley Clendinen, a writer and journalist, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a terminal degenerative illness. In The New York Times earlier this year, he wrote movingly both …
Truthout’s Jason Leopold Speaks to RT About Increase in Veterans’ Suicides (2)
With the thousands of lives lost in Iraq, more US soldiers are dying of suicide then dying in battle. In 2010, 468 US troops committed suicide and an average …
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Torture’s Other Victims: US Soldiers (2)
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Signs of Intelligent Life in the Murdoch Universe
Los Angeles Smog. (Photo: Robert S. Donovan / Flickr) No one accuses The Wall Street Journal, icon of the business world, of devoting excessive column space to …
Occupy Wall Street, Mass Media and Progressive Change in the Tea Party Era: Our Window of Opportunity
Better understanding how both OWS and the Tea Party are discussed in media should remain a major focus of those concerned with promoting bottom-up notions of grassroots democracy.
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Stop the War on Christmas: Cease Fire in Afghanistan (2)
American soldiers during a push against insurgents in the Zhari district of Afghanistan, west of Kandahar city, on September 21, 2010. (Photo: Tyler Hicks / The New York Times) …